Cahaba Prison and the Sultana Disaster

by William O. Bryant

Book Overview

Tells the dramatic story of the infamous Confederate prisoner-of-war camp where 5,000 Union soldiers were interned during the latter part of the Civil War and of the ensuing maritime disaster

With a death rate of 5 percent, Alabama's Cahaba Federal Prison boasted a better survival rate than the notorious Confederate prisoner-of-war camps of Andersonville, Libby Prison, Elmira, Rock Island, Johnson's Island, and Camp Douglas. Yet it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817311335
• ISBN13: 9780817311339
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 9.2"